你不用在那儿套我话
“Don't try to elicit information from me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来 讲讲
“Go ahead. Tell me.”
你 不用 在那儿套我话
“Don't try to elicit information from me.”
“I know exactly what you are trying to do, and I'm not falling for it.”
While Chinese conversation often values subtlety, bluntly pointing out someone's '套话' (fishing for words) signals a total breakdown of conversational trust and a refusal to play along.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fish for information / to coax out a secret
A very useful colloquial verb meaning to trick someone into revealing confidential or hidden details.
no need to bother doing that / stop doing that right there
Used dismissively to reject someone's visible antics, schemes, or pretenses.